Pentagon Can’t Figure Out How Much Money It Spent on Risky Virus Research in China

Inspector general report reveals ‘Washington hasn’t learned any lessons from COVID,’ top GOP Senator says A Wuhan, China, lab technician in Feb. 2020 ( Getty Images) How much taxpayer money has the Pentagon sent to Chinese institutions to research deadly viruses such as the one that causes COVID-19? The answer to that is a mystery—even

Taxpayer-Funded Immigrants’ Rights Group Is Suing the Biden Admin Over Its Asylum Processing App

Al Otro Lado, a ‘bi-national’ nonprofit based in California and Tijuana, has received millions of dollars in government grants (John Moore/Getty Images) An immigrants’ rights group that received $480,000 from the Biden administration last year is suing the administration over its asylum-processing app, which it says violates anti-discrimination laws. Al Otro Lado, which has received

Jamaal Bowman Takes Aim at Jews’ ‘Segregated’ Communities: ‘We Need To Live Together’

Anti-Israel “Squad” member Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.) said Jews in his district intentionally live in “segregated” communities, a state of affairs that must change because “we need to live together,” according to a Politico report on Friday. “In New York City we all live together,” Bowman said in April, Politico reported. “[But] Westchester is

House Committee Leaders Ask DHS, DOE to Declassify Threats Posed by Chinese Drones

‘Federal agencies have warned against or banned the procurement of certain [Chinese drones] due to the risks they pose. However, the details remain classified.’ Two House Republicans are calling on the Biden administration to declassify information on national security risks posed by Chinese-manufactured drones. Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, and

Judge Dismisses Nevada Alternate Electors Case Due to Jurisdiction Concerns

‘You have literally, in my opinion, a crime that has occurred in another jurisdiction,’ the judge says. A Nevada judge on Friday dismissed the alternate electors’ case against six Republicans who were alleged to have submitted fraudulent certificates to Congress in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Clark County Judge Mary Kay Holthus issued a

Massive Trump Fundraising Haul Erases Biden’s Cash Advantage

Former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump outraised President Joe Biden by $56 million in May, wiping out Biden’s cash advantage. The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee raised a combined $141 million in May, the New York Times reported, compared with just $85 million for the Biden campaign and the Democratic National

Putin Vows To Expand Russia’s Nuclear Arsenal

Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday pledged to expand Russia’s nuclear arsenal amid tensions with the West and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We plan to further develop the nuclear triad as a guarantee of strategic deterrence and to preserve the balance of power in the world,” Putin said Friday during a ceremony at the Kremlin. Russia’s